Mines Paris - PSL, officially École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (until May 2022 Mines ParisTech, also known as École des mines de Paris, ENSMP, Mines de Paris, les Mines, or Paris School of Mines), is a French

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and a constituent college of

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. It was originally established in 1783 by King

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. Mines Paris is distinguished for the outstanding performance of its research centers and the quality of its international partnerships with other prestigious universities in the world, which include

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(MIT),

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(Caltech), Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Harvard SEAS),

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(NUS),

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, and Tokyo Tech. Mines Paris also publishes a world university ranking based on the number of alumni holding the post of CEO in one of the 500 largest companies in the world: the '' Mines ParisTech: Professional Ranking of World Universities.'' The school is a member of the ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology) alliance.

History

A school of mining had been proposed by Henri Bertin in 1765 but it was the chemist

Balthazar-Georges Sage Balthazar-Georges Sage (; 7 May 1740 – 9 September 1824) was a French chemist who was a founder of the Paris Ecole Royale des Mines. He held a powerful position and was influential in preventing advances in chemistry in France by his insistence ...

who, though not a chemist of repute, was a royalist who was able to influence

Jacques Necker Jacques Necker (; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI. He was a reformer, but his innovations sometimes caused great discontent. Necker was a constitutional monarchi ...

(1732–1804) of the value of mineralogy in training students in mining. This was achieved through the use of his own large collections of minerals, and a chair in mineralogy was established on July 11, 1778. The school of mines was begun at the mint, the Hôtel de la Monnaie, Paris. The school was officially opened by decree of the French King's Counsel on March 19, 1783. The school disappeared at the beginning of the

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but was re-established by decree of the Committee of Public Safety in 1794, the 13th

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Year II. It moved to

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, after a decree of the

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the 23rd

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Year X (1802). After the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, the school moved to the '' Hôtel de Vendôme'' (in the 6th arrondissement in Paris'

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). From the 1960s onwards, it created research laboratories in

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, Évry, and

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(

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Education

''École des mines de Paris'' is a member of the ''Groupe des écoles des mines'' (GEM), a group of 8 Institut Mines-Telecom (IMT) engineering schools that are ''Grandes Écoles'', a French institution of

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that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the

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in the United States,

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in the UK, and

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in China, ''Grandes Écoles'' are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process. Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France. Monique de Saint-Martin, « Les recherches sociologiques sur les grandes écoles : de la reproduction à la recherche de justice », Éducation et sociétés 1/2008 (),
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(2003), INSEE The initial aim of the École des mines de Paris, namely to train high-level mining engineers, evolved with time to adapt to the technological and structural transformations undergone by society. Mines ParisTech has now become one of the most prestigious French engineering schools with a broad variety of subjects. Its students are trained to have management positions, work in research and development departments, or as operations officers, etc. They receive a well-rounded education in a variety of subjects, ranging from the most technical (Mathematics, Physics) to economics, social sciences or even art in order to be able to tackle the managing or engineering-related issues they are to face. Exchange programs are possible during the third semester with prestigious universities around the world, such as

(MIT),

(Caltech),

(NUS), Tokyo Tech,

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

... Although the IMT engineering schools are more expensive than public universities in France, ''Grandes Écoles'' typically have much smaller class sizes and student bodies, and many of their programs are taught in English. International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of the ''Grandes Écoles''. Many of the top ranked schools in Europe are members of the '' Conférence des Grandes Écoles'' ''(CGE)'', as are the IMT engineering schools. Degrees from the IMT are accredited by the ''Conférence des Grandes Écoles'' and awarded by the

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(french: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale). Mines ParisTech provides different educational paths: *The ''Ingénieurs civils'' degree (Master of Science and Executive Engineering), ranked among the best French grandes écoles engineering degrees, similar to that offered at

École polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

École des Ponts ParisTech École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

and

CentraleSupélec CentraleSupélec (CS) is a top French graduate engineering school of Paris-Saclay University in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. It was established on 1 January 2015, as a result of a strategic merger between two prestigious grandes écoles in France ...

. *The Corps of Mines, one of the greatest technical corps of the French state. It is a third cycle degree, lasting for three years, consisting in two long-term internships both in public and private economical institutions and courses in economics and public institutions. The admission to the Corps des Mines is highly selective as only the top students from

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

, Mines ParisTech and Telecom Paris may apply. *''

Mastère Spécialisé The Mastère Spécialisé, also called the Specialized Master or Advanced Master is a French post-graduate specialization degree created in 1986 by the French Conférence des Grandes Écoles. It is a full-time, one-year program (75 ECTS) which incl ...

'' degree, (post-graduate specialization degree) post-graduate programs accredited by the ''Conférence des Grandes écoles'', in the fields of Energy, Environment, Transport and Logistics, Informatics, Safety and management in industry and Materials engineering. *Doctoral (19 schools) and Master (9 programs) studies in various fields. For students having studied in the Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles (a two-year highly selective undergraduate program in

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and

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

, among others), admission to Civil Engineer of Mines is decided through a nationwide competitive examination. Every year, ten applications are also accepted from students around the world according to their academic achievements. Admission to the Corps of Mines is possible for French students at the end of the studies in École polytechnique, École normale supérieure, École des télécommunications de Paris and École des mines de Paris (these two later, after a specific examination), or from the other great technical corps of the French state. Admission in third year is also open to one

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graduate.

Rankings

National ranking (ranked as Mines Paris for its Master of Sciences in Engineering)

Student unions and organizations

A Student Union is elected every year after a one-week campaign, and is in charge of enhancing the contact between students and various sponsoring industries as well as organizing events for the students. Various other organizations are part of students' lives: the Students' Sport Committee (BDS), the

Junior Enterprise A junior enterprise is a civil social nonprofit organization established and executed entirely by students of a university or a business school, both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The purpose of the organization is to provide serv ...

(JUMP), the Arts' Office (BDA), Cahier Vert (social opening and tutoring), CAV (wine-tasting club), Catholic community, fanfare band, entrepreneur club (Mines Genius), humanitarian organizations (Heliotopia, Ceres, Zanbinou), photography club, and sailing club, among others.

Alumni

Academics & Scientists *

Maurice Allais Maurice Félix Charles Allais (31 May 19119 October 2010) was a French physicist and economist, the 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization o ...

(1911–2010),

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, 1988 *

Léon Walras Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras (; 16 December 1834 – 5 January 1910) was a French mathematical economist and Georgist. He formulated the marginal theory of value (independently of William Stanley Jevons and Carl Menger) and pioneered the developmen ...

(1834–1910), mathematical economist *

Georges Charpak Georges Charpak (; born Jerzy Charpak, 1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992. Life Georges Charpak was born Jerzy Charpak to Jewish parents, Anna (Szapiro) and ...

(1924–2010),

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1992 *

Henri Poincaré Jules Henri Poincaré ( S: stress final syllable ; 29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The ...

(1854-1912), mathematician and physicist *

Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Élie de Beaumont (25 September 1798 – 21 September 1874) was a French geologist. Biography Élie de Beaumont was born at Canon, in Calvados. He was educated at the Lycee Henri IV where he took the fir ...

(1798–1874), founder of geology,

Wollaston Medal The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), t ...

1843 * Auguste Laurent (1808–1853), chemist, precursor of Organic Chemistry modern *

Alfred-Marie Liénard Alfred-Marie Liénard (2 April 1869 in Amiens – 29 April 1958 in Paris), was a French physicist and engineer. He is most well known for his derivation of the Liénard–Wiechert potentials. From 1887 to 1889 Liénard was a student at the Éco ...

(1869–1958), famous for the

Liénard–Wiechert potential The Liénard–Wiechert potentials describe the classical electromagnetic effect of a moving electric point charge in terms of a vector potential and a scalar potential in the Lorenz gauge. Stemming directly from Maxwell's equations, these descr ...

Louis Paul Cailletet Louis-Paul Cailletet (21 September 1832 – 5 January 1913) was a French physicist and inventor. Life and work Cailletet was born in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte-d'Or. Educated in Paris, Cailletet returned to Châtillon to manage his fath ...

(1832–1913),

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and inventor *

Jean-Jacques Favier Jean-Jacques Favier (Born April 13, 1949) is a French engineer and a former CNES astronaut who flew aboard the STS-78 NASA Space Shuttle mission. Favier was due to fly aboard the destroyed '' Columbia'' mission in 2003, but later signed out of th ...

(1949–), astronaut * Marie-Adolphe Carnot, (1839-1920), French chemist, mining engineer and politician, having

uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

ore Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ore". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 7 Apr ...

carnotite Carnotite is a potassium uranium vanadate radioactive mineral with chemical formula K2( U O2)2( VO4)2·3 H2O. The water content can vary and small amounts of calcium, barium, magnesium, iron, and sodium are often present. Occurrence Carnotite ...

named after him. * Sylvaine Neveu (born 1968), chemist and scientific director of the Solvay group CorpsDesMines

Business leaders *

Odile Hembise Fanton d’Andon Odile Hembise Fanton d’Andon is a French environmental researcher, and co-founder and CEO of the company ACRI-ST, which leads an International consortium of independent organizations working together to better understand and monitor the Earth's ...

. CEO of the ACRI-ST (since 2000) * Anne Rigail, CEO of

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(since 2018) *

Patrick Pouyanné Patrick Jean Pouyanné (born 24 June 1963) is a French engineer who has been serving as chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies since 2014. Early life and education Pouyanné was born in Petit-Quevilly in the region of Seine-Maritime in France. He s ...

, CEO of

TotalEnergies TotalEnergies SE is a French Multinational corporation, multinational integrated energy and List of oil exploration and production companies, petroleum company founded in 1924 and one of the seven Big Oil, supermajor oil companies. Its businesses ...

(since 2014) * Jacques Aschenbroich, CEO of

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(since 2009) * Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, CEO of

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(since 2011) *

Tidjane Thiam Tidjane Thiam (; born 29 July 1962) is a French and Ivorian businessman, and the executive chairman of Freedom Acquisition Corp. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Swiss bank Credit Suisse from March 2015 to February 2020. He was the chie ...

, CEO of

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse Group AG is a global investment bank and financial services firm founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, it maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world and is one of the nine global " ...

(2015-2020) *

Carlos Ghosn Carlos Ghosn (; ; ar, كارلوس غصن; , born 9 March 1954) is a businessman who holds Brazilian and French nationality. Ghosn was the CEO of Michelin North America, chairman and CEO of Renault, chairman of AvtoVAZ, chairman and CEO of Ni ...

, CEO of

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(2001-2018) and CEO of Renault-Nissan (2005-2018) *

Anne Lauvergeon Anne Lauvergeon (born 2 August 1959) is a French businesswoman who served as CEO of Areva from 2001 until 2011. According to ''The Wall Street Journal'', she is known internationally as one of the most prominent defenders of nuclear power. Ear ...

, CEO of

Areva Areva S.A. is a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power headquartered in Courbevoie, France. Before its 2016 corporate restructuring, Areva was majority-owned by the French state through the French Alternative Energies and Atom ...

(2001-2011) *

Thierry Desmarest Thierry Desmarest (born 18 December 1945 in Paris) is a French businessman. He is the current honorary chairman of Total. He was also chief executive officer at Total from May 1995 until February 2007, when he was replaced by Christophe de Marg ...

, CEO of Total (1995-2010) *

Didier Lombard Didier Lombard (born 27 February 1942) is a French businessman. Between February 2005 and March 2010 he was chairman and CEO of France Télécom. In 2010 he resigned as CEO, retaining the chairmanship. Since 2012, he has been under indictment fo ...

, CEO of

France Télécom Orange S.A. (), formerly France Télécom S.A. (stylized as france telecom) is a French multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications corporation. It has 266 million customers worldwide and employs 89,000 people in France, and 5 ...

(2005-2010) *

Jean-Louis Beffa Jean-Louis Beffa (born 11 August 1941 in Nice, France) is a French businessman. He was Chairman and CEO of Saint-Gobain from 1986 to 2007, Chairman until 2010 and is Honorary Chairman of the board of Saint-Gobain. He is a former member of the ...

, CEO of

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(1986-2007) *

Jean-Martin Folz Jean-Martin Folz (born 11 January 1947) is a French businessman. He was the chairman and CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën The PSA Group (), legally known as Peugeot S.A. (Peugeot Société Anonyme, trading as Groupe PSA; formerly known as PSA P ...

, CEO of

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(1995-2007) *

Denis Ranque Denis Ranque (born 7 January 1952 in Marseille) is a French engineer and businessman who served as CEO and chairman of Thales Group from 1998 until 2009. Career In 1976, Denis Ranque began his career as an engineer of the Corps des mines at the M ...

, CEO of

Thales Group Thales Group () is a French multinational company that designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security sectors. The company is headquartered in Paris' ...

(1998-2009) * Noël Forgeard, former CEO of

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(1998-2005) and

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(2005-2006) *

Francis Mer Francis Mer (born 25 May 1939, in Pau) is a French businessman, industrialist and politician. A former alumnus of the École Polytechnique, and of the École des Mines de Paris, he is a member of the Corps des mines. He was hired in 1970 by the ...

, CEO of

Usinor Usinor was a French steel making group formed in 1948. The group was merged with Sacilor in 1986, becoming Usinor-Sacilor and was privatised in 1995, and renamed Usinor in 1997. In 2001 it merged with Arbed (Luxembourg) and Aceralia (Spain) to for ...

(1986-2001) and former

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of France (2002-2004) *

Eckley Brinton Coxe Eckley Brinton Coxe (June 4, 1839 – May 13, 1895) was an American mining engineer, coal baron, state senator and philanthropist from Pennsylvania. He was a co-founder of the Coxe Brothers and Company coal mining operation which became the lar ...

(1839-1895), Owner Coxe Brothers and Company, Pennsylvania State Senator Entrepreneurs * Franck Le Ouay and Romain Nicolli, co-founders of

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Politicians *

Alain Poher Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (; 17 April 1909 – 9 December 1996) was a French politician who briefly served as President of France twice, in 1969 and 1974. He held the office ''ad interim'' as President of the Senate following the resignati ...

(1909–1996), politician, president of

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, president by interim of French Republic. *

Jean-Louis Bianco Jean-Louis Bianco (born 12 January 1943) is a French politician and civil servant who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Integration from 1991 to 1992 and Minister of Equipment, Transport and Housing from 1992 to 1993 under President Fra ...

(1943–), General Secretary of President of France (1982–1991), Minister of Social Affairs (France) (1991–1992), Minister of Transport (France) (1992–1993), députy of Alpes de Haute Provence's 1st constituency (1997–) *

Charles de Freycinet Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (; 14 November 1828 – 14 May 1923) was a French statesman and four times Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War (1888–1893). He belonged to the Opp ...

, prime minister of France at the end of the 19th century * Albert François Lebrun (1871–1950), president of France * Najla Bouden Romdhane (1958–), designated

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(2021–)

Research centres

Energy and Processes

* CES (Energy efficiency of Systems Center) * CTP (Thermodynamics of Processes Center) * OIE (Observation, Impacts, Energy Center) * PERSEE (Processes, Renewable Energies and Energy Systems Center)

Mathematics and Systems

* CAOR (Robotics Center) * CAS (Automatic Control and Systems Center) * CBIO (Computational Biology Center) * CMA (Applied Mathematics Center) * CMM (Mathematical Morphology Center) * CRI (Computer Science Center)

Earth Science and Environment

* Geosciences (Geosciences and Geoengineering Center). Located in

, the Geosciences and Geoengineering Department (a research structure common to MINES ParisTech and ARMINES) focuses on research and teaching activities in the field of Earth and Environmental Sciences. * ISIGE (Environmental Engineering and Management Center)

Economics, Management, Society

* CERNA (Industrial Economics Center) * CGS (Scientific Management Center) * CRC (Crisis and Risk Research Center) * CSI (Sociology of Innovation Center)

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

* CEMEF (Material Forming Center) * Materials Center Source:

Other schools of Mines in France

* École nationale supérieure des Mines d'Albi Carmaux (Mines Albi-Carmaux) * École nationale supérieure des Mines d'Alès (Mines Alès) * École nationale supérieure des Mines de Douai (Mines Douai) * École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy *

École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nantes (Mines Nantes) École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

* École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (Mines Saint-Étienne)

Other schools of Mines in the UK

Royal School of Mines The Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials at Imperial College London. The Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics and parts of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Bioe ...

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* École nationale supérieure des Mines de Rabat (Mines Rabat)

Other schools of Mines in the USA

Colorado School of Mines The Colorado School of Mines, informally called Mines, is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on ener ...

Columbia School of Mines The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (popularly known as SEAS or Columbia Engineering; previously known as Columbia School of Mines) is the engineering and applied science school of Columbia University. It was founded as t ...

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Students' Web PortalISIGE – Mines ParisTech's faculty of Sustainable development
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